Cory Mills

Cory Mills (R-FL) is a U.S. Representative from Florida's 7th congressional district, first elected in 2022, who became the focus of a sustained public campaign by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) beginning in late 2025.

What happened

February 19, 2025 — police call. Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police were dispatched to Mills's residence following a 911 call. According to police records later reported by The Washington Post (April 2026), officers found a 27-year-old woman with what appeared to be fresh bruises she alleged Mills had caused. An officer reported that a third party then called the woman and, she told police, told her to say the bruises were from a vacation and that she "bruises easily"; the woman later changed her account. Police nonetheless sought a misdemeanor-assault arrest warrant from interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin, a Trump appointee, who declined to sign it. The case was closed without charges. Mills denied any wrongdoing.

July 2025 — Florida complaint. A second woman separately reported to Florida authorities that Mills had threatened to release intimate images of her and to harm her future partners. In October 2025, a Florida circuit court issued a Final Judgment of Injunction for Protection Against Dating Violence against Mills. Mills denied all allegations.

August 2024 – November 2025 — House Ethics investigation. The House Ethics Committee opened a preliminary inquiry into Mills in August 2024 covering allegations of sexual misconduct, campaign-finance violations, misrepresentation of military service (specifically how he earned a Bronze Star), and illegal involvement in federal contracts. A formal investigation was launched in November 2025 after the House vote on Mace's censure resolution; the committee described the allegations as "serious and complex" (Axios, May 2026).

November 19–20, 2025 — censure resolution and House floor confrontation. Mace introduced a privileged resolution to censure Mills and remove him from the Armed Services Committee and Committee on Foreign Affairs. On November 20, as a House clerk read the resolution aloud, Mace stood within arm's reach of Mills on the floor. She told him, "You're a disgrace." A Wall Street Journal correspondent reported she appeared to say, "You're a piece of s--t." Mills told reporters afterward that Mace had used "anything from the P word to you're a POS to FU." The House voted 310–103 to refer the matter to the Ethics Committee rather than proceed to an immediate censure vote.

April 20–21, 2026 — expulsion resolution. Mace escalated by introducing a resolution to expel Mills entirely from the House. "The swamp has protected Cory Mills for far too long and we are done letting it slide," she said in a statement. "We tried to censure him and strip him from his committee assignments. Both parties blocked it, but we are not backing down." Mills dismissed the move as "political theatrics" and accused Mace of acting as "judge, juror and executioner." He noted that Mace herself is under an Ethics Committee review over separate allegations, saying: "If this is the precedent for expulsion, then she herself would be under that same precedent." Mills added: "There is absolutely no criminal or civil investigation that's even open about me." Mills also indicated he was considering introducing a reciprocal expulsion resolution against Mace, reportedly citing a separate incident in which she is alleged to have berated TSA officers at Charleston International Airport.

As of the most recent reporting, no expulsion vote has been scheduled and the House Ethics Committee investigation into Mills remained open.

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